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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump might actually be invincible: His hateful message has taken a fascist turn
and the press is letting him get away with it.
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/24/donald_trump_might_actually_be_invincible_his_hateful_message_has_taken_a_fascist_turn_and_the_press_is_letting_him_get_away_with_it/
Ive found myself thinking repeatedly about this disparity over the past couple of days, as the anti-Muslim climate in the United States has reached new heights and as Donald Trump has begun conducting what even some conservatives describe as a fascist campaign. How, I wonder, would the American media cover some other countryin South America, say, or the Middle Eastwhere leading presidential candidates explicitly stirred up hatred against an already-demonized minority group and cheered on the beating of protesters at their events; or where armed gangs patrolled outside faith centers and leading businesses sanctioned religious discrimination?...
When Trump retweeted made-up, racist crime statistics from a neo-Nazi, some outlets initially called his actions controversial or questionable, as though there was some debate about the odiousness of what hed done. A New York Times story described his calls to surveil and register Muslims as emphatic, if controversial. A Monday report on CBS dutifully showed tape of Trump and Ben Carson demanding more tracking of Muslims, then tape of President Obama and Jeb Bush objecting, then summed it all up by showing a poll that said a majority of Americans dont think Obama has a clear plan to fight ISIS. And that was that.
Can that not be that, please? The mainstream political media has such a pathological dedication to the notion of balance and objectivity that it often finds itself at a complete loss when it comes to dealing with someone like Trump. But the kind of filth that he and others are putting out has long since moved past the debatable stage. There is an Islamophobic crisis building in this country. To oppose discrimination against Muslims is not to take some partisan stand. Its to be a human being. To oppose a prominent political figures use of fascistic slander toward black people is not to shirk your objectivity. Its the least the elite media should be doing.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)and it will be too late when the
Trump Shirts start beating up reporters.
Oh, they already are.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)What a world of difference between Edward R Morrow and any newscaster today
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The "mainstream" US right has been blowing the fascist horn for years, just not as openly as tRump.
yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)Democrats than Republicans... unless they cheat, or rig the election He shouldn't have a chance. My bet though, is they will try to do anything to win, and we best keep on our toes.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Remember Grand Parents talking about how certain Operatives were placed in Bund groups to stir or agitate in favor of a Fascist form of government. Ironic,many had left Europe because of this stuff by the Nazis,and they finally realized what the Republicans were all about.
Trump is nothing more than a Actor Con-Artist trying to make a buck of the next sucker,and if he does succeed,ouch,and we thought the Wall Street Bankers Rape of 2004 till today was bad,we ain't seen nothing yet.